3:01 Pick Me Up: Buzzcocks

Unless you have the good fortune to be unemployed or working as a ditch-digger, 3 p.m. is the cruelest time of the workday. The morning latte has worn off, and the post-lunch crash has you desperately reaching for the J. Peterman Urban Sombrero. To get you through the rest of the afternoon, you have a choice. You can raid the vending machine for an old-fashioned (not to mention life-shortening) white-sugar injection. Or you can kick-start your heart by cueing up one of the over-adrenalized videos we carefully hand-select each weekday at 3:01 p.m. If the following clip doesn’t bring you temporarily back to life, chances are you’re dead inside. Now plug in those earphones and fucking crank it.

Today's offering: "Promises" by Buzzcocks. In tribute to producer Martin Rushent, who passed away earlier this month. Kitchen sink domestic drama, unforgettable melody, weirdly effete vocals, torrential guitar, and the fastest drummer outside of Jerry Nolan? Must be Buzzcocks, who are still Picking Us Up with this track 33 years after it was released.

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Jun 10, 2011 at 3:12pm

Thank you Georgia straight got it cranked and gettin pumped for game day and the weekend.......oi!

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